"Mario has 8 reps, so can Pokemon"

People keep saying this, and it's a flawed logic. Donkey Kong, Yoshi, and Wario may have started in the Mario series (Mario technically started in DK's series), but they all branched off to have series of their own. There hasn't been one Pokemon that branched off from the main series to have a series of their own.

There is such a thing as too many Pokemon characters. When specific Pokemon get their own spinoff series, then they can use the excuse of having the same amount of Mario reps. Also, it's a 2nd party series, and despite it's immense success, it shouldn't outnumber every true 1st party Nintendo series.

And on the contrary, yeah, Pokemon had 6 characters in 4 slots in Brawl. I think that was a perfect way of representing the series, as it had the same amount of slots as the Mario Series, but didn't exceed the count if you counted Mario's spinoff series characters.

And don't forget, Plusle and Minun can easily count as reps from the first Pokemon Ranger instead of 3rd Gen, or Ukulele Pichu. Oh! Any Pokemon with a Dark Aura can be from Pokemon Coliseum!---Clefairy is best Pokemon and should be an alt costume for Jiggs